The Skelton’s Voyage – Leith to Van Diemen’s Land
The dangers of the five month voyage to the Antipodes were well known to seafarers and emigrants...
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Author: lauriewilson
The Barque Skelton – Is this our ship
After many years of search we believe we may at last have an image of the Skelton barque on which...
Read MoreWhy did William and Margaret emigrate
Reference as below is made on the Wedding Bells page to circumstances allegedly behind William and Margaret’s decision to leave Scotland – as William is said to have oft stated with some bitterness he was...
Read MoreMeet Bonnie William’s sister Ann Doig nee Wilson
Californian resident Ken Doig is an active researcher of several arms of his family’s ancestors and that has led him back to his Scottish heritage and his discovery of the link to our family of Wilsons. Ken’s family charts may...
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The Farm, the Fort and the ‘Big House’ on the Hill
Laws hill (in old Scottish the word ‘Laws’ actually means ‘hill’) and Laws Farm and its hinterland...
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